India Art Fair 2018: Who's showing what this time, all you need to know

India's largest art event, the India Art Fair 2018, is around the corner. Kishore Singh examines its short but interesting past and evaluates its promise for the future

Art works are pouring into New Delhi as you read this. They’re headed for the capital by road and by air, from artists’ studios, galleries and warehouses. Customs are opening elaborately sealed crates, insurance companies are vetting them, various attendant staff are trying to make sense of them. Vendors have been engaged to complete wall texts and provide booth furniture, print catalogues and roll out the red carpet. Anxious WhatsApp texts are being exchanged about the availability of passes for the VIP previews and vernissage. Social diaries are ticking off the “must-be-seen-at” parties. The annual hoopla, India’s largest art jamboree,